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This is a gallery of flags of South American countries and affiliated international organizations.

International

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996 –	Flag of the Andean Community
	1994 –	Flag of Mercosur
	2011 –	Flag of the Union of South American Nations

Flags of South American sovereign states

Date	Use	Description
1861 –	Flag of Argentina See also: List of Argentine flags
1851 –	Flag of Bolivia
1889 –	Flag of Brazil See also: List of Brazilian flags
1817 –	Flag of Chile See also: List of Chilean flags
1861 –	Flag of Colombia See also: List of Colombian flags	A wide yellow band at the top recalls the federation of Greater Colombia. A blue band in the center represents independence. The red band at the bottom symbolizes courage.
1860 –	Flag of Ecuador See also: List of Ecuadorian flags
1966 –	Flag of Guyana
2013 –	Flag of Paraguay
1825 –	Flag of Peru See also: List of Peruvian flags
1975 –	Flag of Suriname
1830 –	Flag of Uruguay See also: List of Uruguayan flags
2006 –	Flag of Venezuela See also: List of Venezuelan flags

Flags of South American dependencies and other territories

Date	Use	State (status)
1976 –	Flag of Aruba	Netherlands (constituent country)
1981 –	Flag of Bonaire	Netherlands (special municipality)
1984 –	Flag of Curaçao	Netherlands (constituent country)
1999 –	Flag of the Falkland Islands	United Kingdom (overseas territory)
2015 –	Flag of French Guiana	France (overseas region and department)
1999 –	Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	United Kingdom (overseas territory)

Flags of South American cities

Main article: List of city flags in South America

Flags of cities with over 1 million inhabitants.

Flag of Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Flag of Barranquilla, Colombia
Flag of Belém, Brazil
Flag of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Flag of Bogotá, Colombia
Flag of Brasília, Brazil
Flag of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Flag of Cali, Colombia
Flag of Campinas, Brazil
Flag of Callao, Peru
Flag of Córdoba, Argentina
Flag of Cusco, Peru
Flag of Curitiba, Brazil
Flag of Fortaleza, Brazil
Flag of Goiânia, Brazil
Flag of Guarulhos, Brazil
Flag of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Flag of Lima, Peru
Flag of Maceió, Brazil
Flag of Manaus, Brazil
Flag of Maracaibo, Venezuela
Flag of Medellín, Colombia
Flag of Porto Alegre, Brazil
Flag of Quito, Ecuador
Flag of Recife, Brazil
Flag of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flag of Salvador, Brazil
Flag of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Flag of Santiago, Chile
Flag of São Gonçalo, Brazil
Flag of São Luís, Brazil
Flag of São Paulo, Brazil

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1822	Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil
	1822 – 1853	Flag of the Empire of Brazil
	1853 – 1889	Flag of the Empire of Brazil
	1889	Flag of the First Brazilian Republic
	1889 – 1960	Flag of Brazil
	1960 – 1968	Flag of Brazil
	1968 – 1992	Flag of Brazil
	1876 – 1925	Flag of the Falkland Islands
	1925 – 1948	Flag of the Falkland Islands
	1948 – 1999	Flag of the Falkland Islands
	1875 – 1906	Flag of British Guiana
	1906 – 1919	Flag of British Guiana
	1919 – 1955	Flag of British Guiana
	1955 – 1966	Flag of British Guiana
	1821 – 1822	Flag of the Protectorate of Peru
	1822	Flag of the Peruvian Republic
	1822 – 1825	Flag of the Peruvian Republic
	1836 – 1839	Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation
	1992 – 1999	Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
	1959 – 1975	Flag of Suriname
	1828 – 1830	Flag of Uruguay
	1811 – 1812	Flag of the First Republic of Venezuela
	1813 – 1814	Flag of the Second Republic of Venezuela
	1817 – 1819 1859	Flag of the Third Republic of Venezuela
	1830 – 1836	Flag of the State of Venezuela
	1836 – 1859	Flag of the State of Venezuela
	1859 – 1863	Flag of the Republic of Venezuela
	1863 – 1905	Flag of the United States of Venezuela
	1905 – 1930	Flag of the United States of Venezuela
	1930 – 2006	Flag of Venezuela

References

Complete Flags of the World (5th ed.). DK. 2009. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.

v t e Flags of the Americas
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
North America Central America Caribbean South America

v t e Flags of South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Lists of flags

State-related

Mobile military	Armed Forces Army and Ground Forces Air Forces Air Forces Roundels Air Forces Fin Flashes Border and Coast Guard Forces Maritime Ministry of Defense Naval ensigns Naval Jack Police Flag
Mobile civilian	Civil air Civil and Merchant Navy Civil ensign Pilot boat flags and ensigns Yacht flags and ensigns

Other entities

By design
(National, Gallery)

By elements

Animals
Astronomical
Bicolor
Borders
British ensigns
Buildings
Canton
Circles
Color
- by number
- by combination
Crescents
Crosses
- Cross of Trier
- Nordic
- Saints banners
- Saints' crosses
Devices
Diamonds
Flags
Geographical
Headgear
Inscriptions
- Arabic
- English
- Latin
- Russian
- Spanish
Keys
Maps
Nautical
Plants
People
Quartered
Solids
Stars
Trees
Triangles
Tribands
Two-sided
Watercraft
Weapons

By shape

By nations

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Governorates Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya counties Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Rhodesia
Antarctica	Adélie Land Argentine Antarctica Australian Antarctic Territory British Antarctic Territory Chilean Antarctic Territory Peter I Island Queen Maud Land Ross Dependency
Asia	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong Macau Cyprus East Timor Egypt Georgia India states armed forces Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan prefectures municipalities Jordan Kazakhstan Korea North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines provinces coastwise emblem Qatar Russia federal subjects Sakha Russian Navy Saudi Arabia Singapore Soviet Union republics Soviet Navy Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria states Austria-Hungary Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France regions communes Brittany Corsica Île-de-France Occitanie Pays de la Loire French Empire Georgia Germany states districts municipalities Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy regions Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands royal standards provinces municipalities North Macedonia Norway Poland naval and maritime voivodeships Portugal personal standards municipalities Romania Russia federal subjects Sakha Russian Navy San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Soviet Union republics Soviet Navy Spain autonomous communities provinces Sweden Switzerland cantons municipalities Turkey Ukraine oblasts United Kingdom England Cornwall Northern Ireland Scotland Wales cities, towns and villages British Empire Vatican City/Holy See Yugoslavia
North America	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada lieutenant governors Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico states municipalities Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States states and territories ensigns jacks armed forces Puerto Rico CSA
Oceania	Australia state governors Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau states Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Names in italics indicate non-sovereign (dependent) territories, disputed states and/or former countries.

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